USCIS Office re-openings?

[SalishSea 16,806]

39 minutes ago, Binbin22 said:

From one RN to the other I couldn’t agree with u more.. am heading up to New York for two weeks to help out.. I don’t understand why ppl will make such statements without facts

Thank you for the work you're doing! ❤️  Please be careful.

[SalishSea 16,806]

11 minutes ago, cd37 said:

Why subway is still running ?

So those doctors and nurses can get to the ICU to take care of ventilated patients, that's why.

[cd37 229]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

So those doctors and nurses can get to the ICU to take care of ventilated patients, that's why.

Then you have an answer why spread is not stopping. Governor himself criticized people for not following stay at home orders.

[SalishSea 16,806]

6 minutes ago, cd37 said:

Then you have an answer why spread is not stopping. Governor himself criticized people for not following stay at home orders.

Doctors and nurses are essential workers.  Transportation is an essential service.  Neither are subject to stay at home orders.

[cd37 229]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

Doctors and nurses are essential workers.  Transportation is an essential service.  Neither are subject to stay at home orders.

I understand that they are essential workers. I m just saying that governor and mayor can do much more to control this spread and then they wonder why its not stopping. Its not fair to blame federal government all the time.

[kendelle 103]

3 hours ago, N400NYC said:

(1) An uncontained PANDEMIC would cause so much morbidity and mortality that the economy would virtually be destroyed anyway. It is far more logical and rational to deal with the pandemic head on and experience short-term economic hardship than deny it's happening and end up experience long-term economic damage.

 

(2) Actually, he's just thinking about his own business and political priorities, and not the well-being of the general public. 

Absolutely right

[kendelle 103]

8 hours ago, WandY said:

The media is hyping the impact of the virus, for obvious reasons. Nothing else they've tried (against Trump) has worked. Our president is doing an excellent job handling the situation. Sounds like you caught a case of TDS.

Sometimes I wonder if those people are sane.To actually watch  what is going on and still blaming the media for hyping things up , is insanity. Those people are not only part of the problem, they are the problem. I am a nurse practitioner, I work 12 hr shift without break in the ER using one set of PPE per day because we do not have enough supply. We are risking our lives and our families' lives  every day not because of what we choose to do but partly as the result of ill- information and still more through the incompetent response of our president to the pandemic. You are sitting home and spitting up nonsense.  Please stop talking about things u know nothing about...

[kendelle 103]

2 hours ago, Binbin22 said:

How dear u say such a thing of the media hyping thing up that’s not true.. u sit at home comfy and make such a statement.. I work 16 hour days without lunch break As an ICU nurse.. ppl r sooo sick without hospital beds.. PPE are running low..u r part of the problem.. things u don’t know about you should not speak off.. stop spreading misinformation 😡😡

They are not only part of the problem, they are the problem.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

1 hour ago, cd37 said:

I understand that they are essential workers. I m just saying that governor and mayor can do much more to control this spread and then they wonder why its not stopping. Its not fair to blame federal government all the time.

 

     We know why it's not stopping. It's because people won't voluntarily stay at home for a few weeks and restrict their movement to essential tasks. To the point that states now have to put mandatory restrictions in place and close everything down for even longer.  

[KnoxThai 44]

I work for the Federal Government and we are still going to work with split shifts working in the office and teleworking (alternating days). We have protocols to deal with the public to keep everyone safe and so far everything is going just fine.

 

We see the numbers on this virus daily but we do not see the numbers of the flu. One source for numbers on the flu states:

 

Flu season deaths in the Unite States

More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year in the United States for the flu illness and its complications and between 3,000 and 49,000 people die each year from the flu. The number of flu deaths every year varies.

 

I bring up the flu and it's consequences to put things into perspective: we deal with this type of disaster (as a society) ever year.

 

We live in a dangerous world and precautions have to be taken at all times. But to say the media is not enjoying the craziness is naive. The former mayor of Chicago once stated: "You never let a serious crisis go to waste." This is a common thought of many people in power and with people that desire more power and money.

 

Blaming Trump for everything that doesn't go the way you think it should is also quite naive. The idea that he can (or should) control every detail in every state, city and town is unrealistic. That is why we have state, city and local governments. I would encourage everyone to set aside politics (especially now) and find ways to have peace and help other people when you can. Angry politics are not now (or really) ever the answer.

 

Calm rational thinking about what is important is much more productive. Take care of yourself, your family and everyone you can. Encourage them, find strength and optimism whenever you can. Stress is a killer, known to cause illness. My college textbook stated "stress is directly related to 2/3 of all illnesses".

 

Find peace people. Drop the angry politics and finger pointing. If you have your spouse/finance' here, count your blessings and enjoy every moment with them. Those of us waiting to have our partners come here are looking for good news and hoping everything will work out for us too.

[Lil bear 3,840]

12 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Agreed.  I saw news footage of people in Spain laying on hospital floors.  

Did those who think it’s a political beat up .. veterinarians ( including my daughter ) are loaning  their respirators to hospitals because of the shortfall .. is COVID being used for political reasons here in the US .. very definitively .. but is it a “political beat up “?   No .. it’s real .. and the US has the capacity to be worse than Italy and Spain. 

[Bakhtawar Gul 24]

15 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

The feds.

 

The offices are open - just not to the public.  Caseloads that can be done at home are being taken home.

 

I wouldn't hold hope for March 31.  The US confirmed cases is still going and 5+ states or 20% of the population is still under shelter in place.

 

The surgeon general said this morning "It's going to get bad"

What about National Visa Center (NVC) is it opened or not? I resubmitted one of my document to them and was told by the people who’ve been through this that they’d reply in three weeks but there’s no message from them. Is it because of corona virus? Has corona stopped my process or what? Someone please help me with this. 

 

 

[SB5130 88]

8 hours ago, N400NYC said:

Yes those 15 cases went to zero in no time!!!! 

 

Meanwhile today - back in the real world -  >10,000 new diagnoses were confirmed in the USA - in one day.

 

What an amazing job the psychopath is doing! Things are going so well, he thinks we should even start thinking about relaxing all those annoying social distancing regulations - on the day 10,000 people were diagnosed with COVID19.

 

Thankfully I am now free to VOTE against this catastrophic disaster of a president in November. 

the increase in number of confirmed cases only meant that testing effort had started. the first step to contain the virus is to first acknowledge its presence. See what South Korea did. 

 

would you prefer a ZERO confirmed case yet your neighbor or you yourself could be suffering from it and silently spreading it? 

Edited March 24, 2020 by SB5130

[Just Paul 4,591]

9 minutes ago, BeeNemo said:

What about National Visa Center (NVC) is it opened or not? I resubmitted one of my document to them and was told by the people who’ve been through this that they’d reply in three weeks but there’s no message from them. Is it because of corona virus? Has corona stopped my process or what? Someone please help me with this. 

 

 

NVC is not USCIS.  It is Department of State.

 

Sorta open . . . 

https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200320/furloughs-hit-national-visa-center-workers-at-pease

 

 

Edited March 24, 2020 by Paul & Mary

[Sarge21555 206]

10 minutes ago, BeeNemo said:

What about National Visa Center (NVC) is it opened or not? I resubmitted one of my document to them and was told by the people who’ve been through this that they’d reply in three weeks but there’s no message from them. Is it because of corona virus? Has corona stopped my process or what? Someone please help me with this. 

 

 

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